ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OR · GEOID 41120502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cedar Hills, Oregon

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home20.2%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.4 min → 20.3 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 20.2%▲ 9.2 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit8.5% → 3.9%▼ 4.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.2% → 67.9%▲ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone67.9% ±5.5 pp
Carpool2.8% ±1.9 pp
Public transit3.9% ±3.0 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle1.6% ±1.4 pp
Work from home20.2% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 4,183 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,388± 937 MOE
Workers age 16+4,183± 546 MOE
Workers with travel time3,337± 493 MOE
Estimated home workers846± 227 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.